"After Twenty Years" & "He-y, Come on O-ut!" Quiz

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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Critical Reading
Identify the letter of the choice that best answers the question.

In “After Twenty Years,” what has happened to the restaurant where the two friends had agreed to meet?

a.	It has closed for the evening.
b.	It has changed management.
c.	It has forbidden the man to enter.
d.	It has been closed for five years.

In “After Twenty Years,” why does the policeman make a point of asking the man in the doorway whether he plans to wait for Jimmy Wells to show up?

a.	He is testing him to find out whether he is a trusted friend.
b.	He wants to see whether he has time to call another officer to arrest him.
c.	He needs time to change out of his uniform and come back to surprise his friend.
d.	He needs time to find out whether there is an outstanding warrant for his arrest.

Which of the following statements best summarizes the meaning of this quotation from “After Twenty Years”?

“It [twenty years] sometimes changes a good man into a bad one.”

a.	A life of crime can change a good man into a bad man.
b.	The West is likely to change a good man into a bad man.
c.	Over the course of twenty years, a good man may turn to crime.
d.	You are lucky that life in the West did not change you into a bad man.

What is ironic about Jimmy and “Silky” Bob in “After Twenty Years”?

a.	One has become a police officer, and one has become a criminal.
b.	One has grown taller, while the other has grown shorter with age.
c.	Both of them have become criminals.
d.	Neither of them ever liked the other.

In “He—y, Come On Ou—t!” how do the villagers come to discover the hole?

a.	A landslide has swept away a shrine that had covered it.
b.	A typhoon has destroyed a building that had covered it.
c.	A child from the village falls into it.
d.	A construction worker notices it.

In “He—y, Come On Ou—t!” how does the scientist who comes to examine the hole behave?

a.	He acts as if the hole will go away on its own.
b.	He acts as if the hole is an unnatural event.
c.	He acts as if the hole is not at all unusual.
d.	He acts as if he has seen many such holes.

In “He—y, Come On Ou—t!” who offers to fill the hole?

Which event creates irony in the ending of “He—y, Come On Ou—t!”?

a.	The hole is filled and eventually pollutes the entire village.
b.	The city keeps expanding until the village is swallowed up.
c.	A voice shouts from the sky and a pebble falls toward the city.
d.	The hole never fills up, and the city becomes cleaner and better.

Which of the following choices is an example of dramatic irony?

a.	An audience can predict that the hero of a story will die.
b.	A character says, “That dress looks so good on you,” while thinking that it looks awful.
c.	Readers know who the villain is, but the other characters do not realize it.
d.	A politician who criticizes his opponent's moral character is convicted of lying under oath.

10.

Which of the following choices is an example of situational irony?

a.	A girl who was always in trouble grows up to become a police officer.
b.	Unexpected guests arrive, the house is a mess, and the host says, “I'm glad you came.”
c.	Readers know that one character in a story will die, but none of the characters know it.
d.	Readers realize that a plot is based on the plot of a much older story that ends tragically.

11.

Which word best describes the endings of “After Twenty Years” and “He—y, Come On Ou—t!”?

12.

Which part of “He—y, Come On Ou—t!” makes it less realistic than “After Twenty Years”?

a.	a deep hole that never fills up
b.	people burying nuclear waste
c.	constructions workers taking breaks
d.	villagers moving a sacred shrine

Vocabulary

13.

When “Silky” Bob says that “each of us ought to have our destiny worked out,” what does he mean?

a.	Their futures will have been decided.
b.	They will have solved their puzzles.
c.	They will have paid off their debts.
d.	Their unhappiness will have eased.

14.

Which of the following choices describes a plausible explanation?

a.	one that everyone has rejected
b.	one that makes everyone happy
c.	one that is scientific
d.	one that makes sense

15.

Who would be most likely to make a proposal?

a.	an architect who hopes to design a building
b.	a nurse who is caring for a sick patient
c.	a student who has finished her homework
d.	a construction worker who is on a break